Dumb question.
When my locals drop ATSC. 1.0 which they can now do with 30 day notice it seems.
Will the 6001 6003 still be able to work??
Will they pull in the ATSC 3,0 channels.
I don’t see how
The Channels DVR TVE Local networks are streamed from the networks websites.
ATSC 1.0 vs ATSC 3.0 is over the air transmission from a TV tower transmitter to your TV antenna.
They are unrelated.
Thanks for the reply,
Hmm, DUH, I knew that, brain freeze, so let me rephrase.
Will the devs be able to get those network ATSC 3.0 if they are not DRM'ed?
Does that already happen in CDVR for cities that have ATSC 3.0 going?
This is a serious misreading of the current situation after the FCC vote. Please see:
TL; DR, the FCC agreed to open up a period of discussion on the possibility of, among other things, allowing broadcasters to shut down their 1.0 signals after their 3.0 signals are up in any timeframe they see fit instead of the currently mandated 5 years of co-broadcasting. This is, at the moment, merely a proposal to change the rule, not the rule itself, therefore the status quo remains exactly as it has been for years. Not saying this is a good rule, not saying the worst situation might not happen sometime in the future; just saying that for the time being, nothing has changed.
And just to put a kibosh on some potential concerns in the short term: being extremely generous and, based on recent estimates, let's say ~5% of OTA households have access to an ATSC 3.0 capable tuner (although many of those are like me that don't live in a NextGen market). Losing 95% of the OTA market (even if it is only 15% of their potential viewers given OTA penetration) would be suicide for a local broadcaster.
The TVE locals are over the web, not conversions of over the air. It doesn't matter what the OTA technology it is, it's just a web-stream; they are totally different pipes. This refers to a different situation, but the concept is the same:
If the web-stream has DRM like NBC and PBS, then natural Channels is SOL. If it doesn't, then it's fine. Either way, we have the tools to work around DRM, depending upon your appetite for technology and dollar investments.
Another point to ease mind here - "Big" networks won't switch over any time soon, as many of their distribution partners (Cable co's, Satellite, internet, etc) won't be able to handle the switch as-is. At that point, it would impact the wide majority of their viewers, not just OTA.
It's going to be a while, if ever.
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